What Works for Whom: A Meta-Analytic Review of Marital and Couples Therapy in Reference to Marital Distress

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

The American Journal of Family Therapy

Issue

33

Publication Date

2005

First Page

273

Last Page

287

Abstract

Due to methodological limitations, past meta-analytic research was not able to identify which treatment was most effective for specific marital distress levels. By converting pre-and post-test scores from marital research into equivalent Dyadic Adjustment Scale scores, it was possible to isolate mild, moderate, and severe levels of marital distress. Results show that Emotionally Focused Therapy is significantly more effective than isolated Behavioral Marital Therapy interventions for the treatment of moderate marital distress. Future directions of outcome research are also discussed.

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